Historias de amor / Love Stories by Adolfo Bioy Casares
«El amor -en Bioy Casares- es una percepción privilegiada, la más total y lúcida, no sólo de la irrealidad del mundo, sino de la nuestra». --Octavio PazEn los dieciocho relatos antologados en Historias de amor, Adolfo Bioy Casares explora el tema de las relaciones amorosas a través de una gran variedad de situaciones y argumentos. Encontraremos aquí la pervivencia de una mujer en la memoria de dos rivales, el destino de un hombre que pierde lo que tiene sin conseguir lo que desea, la sorpresa vinculada a los comienzos de un romance, la defensa de la intimidad por medio del crimen o la reconciliación de dos amantes al cabo de cien años de hibernación. Con una mezcla encantadora de fantasía, humor y humanidad, los textos alzan un espejo ante el sentimiento universal del amor, al tiempo que pintan experiencias vívidas y concretas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"Love -for Bioy Casares- is a privileged perception, the most complete and lucid one possible, not only of the world's unreality, but also our own."--Octavio Paz
In the eighteen stories in this anthology, Adolfo Bioy Casares explores romantic relationships through a variety of plots and situations. These include a woman's enduring impact on the memories of two rivals for her affections; the fate of a man who loses all he has without getting what he wants; the sense of surprise that characterizes the beginning of a romance; a crime committed to protect a couple's intimacy; and a pair of lovers who reunite after a hundred years. An enchanting mix of fantasy, humor and humanity, the stories in this collection reflect universal themes in the form of vivid and concrete experiences.
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was born to rich parents in Buenos Aires. He began writing in the early 1930s, and his stories were published in the prestigious journal Sur, where he met his wife, Silvina Ocampo, a painter and writer, as well as Jorge Luis Borges, who would become his mentor, friend, and collaborator. After a series of mediocre efforts, Bioy wrote The Invention of Morel in 1940, the first of his books to satisfy him and the first in which he struck his trademark weird and surprisingly frightening comedy. Stories and novels such as A Plot for Escape, A Dream of Heroes, and Asleep in the Sun were later published. Borges and Bioy also worked on an Anthology of Weird Literature and a series of sarcastic drawings under the pseudonym H.
Bustos Domecq, Bustos Domecq, Bustos Domecq Ten novels, numerous collections of short stories, poetry, and essays, three volumes of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's Saint Glinglin are among James Sallis's works. He writes a monthly column for The Boston Globe and reviews for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, and other publications. Suzanne Jill Levine is a Latin American literary scholar who has translated works by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Manuel Puig, among others.
Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions is Levine's most recent book. She is a lecturer in the University of California, Santa Barbara's Spanish Department.
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| ISBN 13 | 9788466367899 |
| ISBN 10 | 8466367896 |
| Title | Historias de amor / Love Stories |
| Author | Adolfo Bioy Casares |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial |
| Year published | 2024-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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